Scams, Hacks & Breaches

The decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Cream Finance (CREAM) suffered a hack that led to the loss of about $26 million in Ethereum (ETH)...

A Venezuelan man allegedly faked his own kidnapping in order to steal roughly $1,100,000 worth of Bitcoin from investors. According to Douglas Rico, national...

The primary suspect of an alleged Dogecoin mining scam in Turkey has reportedly disappeared along with $119 million worth of DOGE investments.  Local media...

After suffering a massive $643 million hack in early August, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Poly Network just retrieved all the stolen funds from the...

Brazilian Federal Police say they've recovered more than $27,600,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) following a series of alleged Ponzi schemes run by one company. A...

Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has stepped in to loan Liquid exchange $120 million after the Japanese platform was hacked for an estimated $90 million...

Spain’s National Police say they have dismantled an alleged illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that was being run from a residential property. A tweet from...

Police officers in Hong Kong have arrested 19 people who are allegedly involved in a $1.4-million fake crypto investment scheme. The fraudsters reportedly told...

Police in the Australian state of Victoria seized more than $8.5 million AUD ($6 million USD) worth of crypto as part of an investigation...

A millennial from Ohio is handing more than $200 million worth of Bitcoin over to federal law enforcement after operating a cryptocurrency laundering site...